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At Beyond the Grill, we love hearing from readers about new restaurants, dishes, and hidden gems they discover. But every now and then, we get the opportunity to hit the road and experience something for ourselves. This time, a few great reviews were enough to send us from Mesquite to Carrollton, Texas, in search of something cold, colorful, and a little different: Ice Wizards Shaved Ice. The adventure started at 2155 Marsh Lane in Carrollton. Pulling into the shopping center

When football season arrives, millions of Americans do more than choose a team and turn on the television. They decide what they are going to eat, where they are going to watch the game, who they are inviting over and, increasingly, whether they would rather let a restaurant or caterer handle the food altogether. For the food and hospitality industry, the NFL season is not simply a sports season. It is a months-long series of recurring dining occasions that can turn an ordina

Sometimes life gives us a wakeup call we never saw coming. For me, that moment came on February 9, 2026. I was at work when I suddenly began feeling dizzy. I was in the storage room when the lightheadedness became so intense that I felt like I was going to pass out. My coworkers quickly came to my aid and checked my blood pressure. The reading was 167/111. Before I knew it, I was being taken away in the back of an ambulance. That moment changed my life. While I was being eval